Eastbury, Dorset

Historical Description

Eastbury, a tithing in Tarrant-Gunville parish, Dorsetshire, 5 miles NNE of Blandford Forum. Eastbury Park here belonged to George Bubb Dodington, afterwards Lord Melcombe; passed to Earl Temple, and now belongs to the Farquharson family. A mansion, after designs by Vanbrugh, was erected on it by Dodington at a cost of £140,000, was visited by several distinguished literati as frequent guests, was sung by the poets Thomson and Young, and was demolished, on account of the cost of keeping it in repair, by Earl Temple.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Eastbury from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Eastbury)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Dorset is available to browse.